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No. 609,806. Patented Aug. 30, |898. S. P. HARRINGTON.

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(Application led Mar` 5. 1898.)

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STERLING P. IIARRINGTON, OFAFARLEY, MISSOURI.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 609,806, dated August30, 1898.

Application filed March 5, 1898. Serial No. 672,736. (N0 model-3 T0 @ZZ1071/0711/ t may concern:

Be it known that I, STERLING P. HARRING- TON, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at Farley, in the county of Platte and Stateof Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to gates, and more particularly to that classadapted to be opened and closed by a lever extending over the road to beoperated by a driver without necessitating his moving from his seat.

The object of Athis invent-ion is to provide an exceedingly cheap andsimple gate, with quick, easy, and efficient means for operating thesame.

Vith this object in view my invention con-V sists in the particularconstruction of the various parts and in the novel manner of combinationor arrangementof said parts, all of which'will be described hereinafterand pointed out in the claims, which are intended to accord in theirterms, spirit, and meaning with the prior state of the art and existinglaw.

Reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspeciiication, and in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in each of the views, Figure l is a perspective viewof a gate embodying my improvements'. Fig. 2 is a detail view ofoperating mechanism. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the mechanism for holdingthe gate in an open position.

Referring to the drawings, A and A represent gate posts, which aresubstantially braced in any desired manner. The post A is adapted tosupport the gate B, which is hinged thereto so as to swing freely toeither side, and the post A is provided with a metal plate C, havingdeflecting edges d and an aperture or slot b therein, the object ofwhich will be hereinafter explained.

Mounted within the gate B is a pulley D, journaled in slots c andprovided with a loop E, the ends of which are secured to the shaft d,upon which the pulley is adapted to revolve. To the center of the loopis secured a rod F, the free end of which is provided with an enlargedportion or catch G, adapted to project through a slot I-I in the freeend of the gate. This catch is provided with deect ing edges e and isheld in engagement with the slot b by the coiled spring I, which is se-4vthe plate C and the catch G allow the gate to swing to with more easethan has heretofore been obtained.

1 At equal distances from each side of the gate are posts J, eachsubstantially braced and provided with beveled tops g, having aperturesh therein. Arms or levers K and L are pivotally secured to the tops ofthese posts, beneath loops M, having apertures?.- therein, registeringwith the apertures in the posts, by pins which engage the said aperturesand pass through the said levers. These levers swing out over the roadat such an angle that they will not come in contact with passing.vehicles and are adapted to be operated by dependent handles k,attached to the free ends thereof. The levers'K are pivoted within ashort distance of their ends, and the levers L are pivoted approximatelynear their ends.

Secured to the pivoted ends of the levers K are cables N, which passthrough loops Z upon the post Aand in opposite directions around thepulley D and are each respectively secured to opposite ends of across-piece O. These levers are employed only when it is desired to openthe gate.

Within the gate, above the pulley D, I pro= vide a second pulley P,which is journaled in a fixed position. To the levers L a short distance from their centers are secured cables Q, which are passed throughloops m upon the post Aand in opposite directions around the pulley P,the ends of which are secured to the opposite ends of a curved steelspring R, which is provided with lugs n,- adapted to engage steel angeso upon the post A. These lugs serve to hold the gate in anopen position.By operating the lever L the lugis disengaged fromV the flange and thegate swung to.

In Fig. 2 of thedrawings I have shown a modiiied form of my invention,one that can be attached to any of the gates now in use.

I deem the Vforegoing explanation sufficently plain that theimprovements will be readily understood by all conversant with suchmatters, the extreme simplicity rendering an elaborate descriptionunnecessary.

Having thus described the various features lI OO of my invention, what Iclaim as new, and del sire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a gate, the combination with a pulley journaled in slots, of aloop secured to the shaft of the said pulley, a rod connected to thesaid loop, the said rod having a catch upon its free end, a coiledspring secured around` the said rod, interposed between the said catchand a brace, cables secured to the opposite ends of a cross-piecepassing in opposite directions around the said pulley, and through loopson opposite sides of the post supporting the gate and to correspondinglevers at equal distances from each side of the gate, substantially asshown and described.

